Joseph bybnes



J. BYRNBS.

BOTTLE STOPPEB..

(No Model.)

No.`282,953. Patented Aug. 14, 1883.

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH BYnNns, or OHIOAGO, ILLINOIS, AsSIGNOR orY TwO-THIRDS To JAMESSTANSON AND JOHN IIOLLOwnD, or SAME rLAon.

BOTTLE-sroPPER.

`SPECIFICA'JIOIN' forming' part Of Letters Patent No. 282,953, datedAugust 14, 1883.

Application mea June 20,1883. (No model.)

v .To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH BYRNS, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city g IO of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Bottle-Stoppers, of whichthe following is the specification.V

Figure 1 is a vertical section.V Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional viewwith cap removed and stopper inverted in the act of being removed. Fig.3 is a vertical sectional view of cap and suspended stopper. Fig. 4 is aview of the stopper. v

The `nature and obj ect of this invention is to provide a cheap andserviceable bottle-stop- Similar letters of reference refer to similar4parts in the different drawings.

A is a glass bottle having` the neck B made with shoulders a b, andterminating at the top without any bead. V

O is a rubber washer on shoulder b,

D is a spiral spring around the neck and resting on shoulder a. j

E is a metallic cap' made sufficiently large to iit over the neck at itsgreatest diameter, and Open at the top. j

F is a cross-bar across the open top of cap, bent downwardly within thecap, and from which hangs the hook H.

I is a rod suspended from hook H, and at its lower end is the stopper J,which is composed of the smaller washer, d, rubber packing e, largerwasher, f, and extension g.`

`The Operation of my improvement is as follows: The stopper J isinserted in the bottle through the-neck, the rubber packing e foldingover the smaller washer, d, until it passes into the bottle, when itreturns toits natural position. r The cap is then placed in position,the rubber washer C and Spiral spring D having been placed in positionon the neck of the bottle. shoulder a on the neck of the bottle andshoulder K in the cap. The bottle is then inverted and shaken, whichcauses the stopper J to take the `position shown in Fig. l, with the rodI in the neck, when-the spring D being compressedby the aid of a pair ofnippers inserted through the open head of the cap, the

The spring l) works between thev hook in the end of rod I is closedabout the eye on hook H, suspended from cross-bar F, as shown in Fig. 1,when the spring D is-permitted t'o react, and draws the stopper J snuglyagainst the lower or inner end of neck of bottle, and completes thestoppage of the bottle sufficiently tight to prevent the escape ofiluids or gases. rIhe stopper J can be first suspended from cross-barF,'and then pressed into position through the neck of the bottle, ifdesired, the rubber packing e folding over the smaller washer, d, thesame as just previously described. p

To remove the stopper J a sharp-ended instrument-such as ascrew-driver-l-is inserted in the neck through the top of the cap, andwithit the hookH is opened, as at 71 Fig. ,3. The cap is then presseddown and. the bottle shaken, which causes the rod I to be disengagedfrom hook H. The cap B is then removed and the bottle inverted andshaken, when the vposition of stopper J will `be reversed. A pair ofnippers is then inserted in the neck, and clasped on the extension g ofthe `stopper J, and the stopper is removed from the bottle, the rubberpacking e folding over the smaller washer, d, as shown in Fig. 2.

The rubber washer C is a cushion `forthe shoulder `k of the cap tostrike against when it is pressed down; also, when lling the bott1e theshoulder k is compressed against thewasher C, which makes an air-tightjoint, which prevents the escape of gas. i

It will be observed that I have shown a stopper which can be used in anykind of a bottle where repeated use is required-as in bottling beer,Seltzer, and pop-and also in lling with highly-effervescing liquids,that can be removed when desired Vto clean the bottle, I

or otherwise, without injury tobottle or stopper, that will enable aportion. of the highly- IOO rubber Washer 0,*co1ed spring D, Cap E,havper attached to bhe open cap, as and for the ing an open top,cross-bar F, and suspended purpose set forth. I stopper J, as and forthe purpose shown.

2. The Combination of @he shoulder z on JOSEPH BYRNES I 5 neck ofbottle, rubber Washer C, located 911 the VVi'mlesses:V

shoulder, Cap E, having an open top, and pro- J. HOLLOWED,

vided with Shoulder K, and an internal stop- MOKEQUGH.

